Will He Be Forgiven?
“At one point in time, they were arguing over the Bible, about forgiveness,” said Tim Chatman, describing a conversation between longtime friends. “And then that turned to something else.” Chatman is the chief of police in Dublin, Ga. Why is this Christian disputation a police matter? “As a result of that argument, one of the gentlemen just shot him — shot him in the head twice.” Jacquell Smith, 20, is dead; Raekwon Pauldo, 21, is charged with murder. “You have a young man who’s trying to get a college education, lost his life by the hands of a friend, and it doesn’t make sense,” Chatman said. (AC/WMAZ Macon) ...Maybe if they’d discussed responsibility instead of forgiveness, Smith would still be alive.Original Publication Date: 26 November 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
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